Bidspirit auction | Pivati Gianfrancesco - The Sacrifice

Pivati Gianfrancesco - The Sacrifice of Savage in Quitchi -- Manitù - Etching on paper (1746/51) - The Sacrifice of Savage in Quitchi - Manitù is a fine etching, hand-watercolored, realized by the engraver Gianfrancesco Pivati . This original print, representing an important rite of American indigenous: a sacrifice of the savages in Quitchi-Manitù , is from the series New Scientific and Curious Dictionary concerning the Sacred and the Profane , Tome VIII, Plate L, published by Benedetto Milocco in Venice in 1746-1751, concerning the Uses and Costumes, Religious Rites of American people . Perfect conditions, including passepartout (49 x 34 cm).